The Olive

First record came on 9th August 1998 at Durisdeer Mill, with the second trapped four years later at Kirkton on 2nd August, both Dumfriesshire. A third appeared at Auchenshore on Auchencairn Bay on 2nd August 2011 while a fourth was trapped at MV light at Milton on 24th August 2012, both VC73.

Life cycle

One generation. Overwinters as an egg, on the foodplant. Larvae are present April to May, with pupation underground in a cocoon.

Larval foodplants

Aspen and poplars.

Identification

The pale cross-lines converge at the trailing edge on the olive-brown forewing.